she told me to stop pretending
to be something i’m not
she told me i say things
i don’t even understand
she told me i’m already the least liked in the family;
that’s when i understood i have no real home,
yet
Cassandra Manzolillo
Cassandra Manzolillo is a writer, filmmaker, and dancer based in Long Island, New York. Cassandra is a full time student at Stony Brook University and is set to graduate with a BFA in creative writing and literature.